Artifactual changes in PCV, hemoglobin concentration, and cell counts in bovine, caprine, and porcine blood stored at room and refrigerator temperatures

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-63

  Ihedioha, John I ^a   Onwubuche, Rebecca C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artifactual changes; Blood; Cattle; Goat; Pig; Preanalytical error; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GOAT; HEMATOCRIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GOATS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34047274786     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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